processing in trays in the dark is the easiest, and likely the cheapest, but most tedious. I've done it for years. A great way to build up suspense (ie the processing times can seem very long)
You need a way to time the processing in the dark. Something that counts down the time and sets off an audible alarm works well. I try to avoid glow in the dark things for fear of fogging - but I've often thought my timer has stopped :) You can could buy small photo trays or try getting something cheaper at a hardware store. Aluminum , tin foil trays might work - never tried them. If you do more than one sheet at a time you need to layer them to agitate and keep fresh developer on each sheet you pull the bottom sheet out and place in on the top repeatedly over the duration of processing. Its best to wear nitrile or latex gloves cause your hands are constantly in the chemicals. Good ventilation is needed as well. An alternative to this in a tube - either homemade with ABS which are awkward or a bzts tube or jobo tube which is more costly. I now use ortho film for pinhole - can be used under safelight so its much easier. On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, R Duarte wrote: > hey, i'd like to try using 4x5 sheet film. does anyone have suggestions on > the easiest way that i could develop it? should i just use trays in the > dark? is there something easier without buying the $150 developing tank i > saw at the local camera store? :) you can email me directly instead of > sending to the list since it's not necessarily pinhole related - although > i'm asking because i want to finally use FILM in the pinhole camera i built > to accept 4x5 film backs. thanks for any info.. > rob > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > --------------------------------------------------------- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology hol...@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2 ---------------------------------------------------------
